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Two Wasp Nests
Copyright © 2008 Robert Otto

Two Wasp Nests
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
June 16, 2008
Size: Combined Length is 70 mm
I found this yesterday while performing a pest control service for a customer. It was located beneath her deck. I have never seen this before and felt this is worthy to post this on bugguide.net.
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Contributed by Robert Otto on 17 June, 2008 - 7:37pm
Last updated 23 June, 2008 - 12:44am

wow thats awesome!
yes, it is a yellowjacket nest built on a paper wasp nest. the yellowjacket that built the nest there could be D. arenaria, D. norvegicoides, or maybe D. maculata(although i don't think its maculata)

this is definitly not typical, in the first place for a nest to be built on top of an old one, and in the second place for a nest of a completely different species to be built on another

do you know if the yellowjacket nest is still active(are there larva in the cells of the comb inside?)?
… Vespula vulgaris, 17 June, 2008 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Both nests are inactive. I f
Both nests are inactive. I found dead larvae in the yellowjacket nest, possibly died due to the recent frost we had just after Memorial Day.
… Robert Otto, 17 June, 2008 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

Interesting
It looks like a yellow jacket nest built on an old paper wasp nest.
… Lynette Schimming, 17 June, 2008 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

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